About the day » Thursday February 7, 1929Calender converter

• Anna Hoogkamer, Lisse († 1995)
• Anna Albertina Kale, Urk († 2008)
• "Henri" Marie Léonard François Micolon de Guérines, Miremont, Puy-de-Dôme, France († 1982)
• Afien Henderika Abbring, Hoogezand († 2019)
• Asta Maria Langenhoff, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1929)
• Donald L Keeney, Corning, Steuben, New York, United States († 1973)
• Hoobroeckx, Utrecht († 2006)
• Berend Jan van der Maten, Heerde († 2007)
• Arend Mulder († 2012)
• Anna Albertina Reijers Kale, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2008)

• Abbie Maria Sendel (87), West Hemlock Twn.Montour Co. Pennsylvania
• Anna Maria Sibille Leunissen (77), Bingelrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van der Does (84), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana BRUIJN (90), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Agnetus Geertruida Gravelle De Vallée (84), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annechien Bieleveld (74), Vries (gem. Tynaarlo)
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• Anneke Roskam (60), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Wijnandts (56), Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg)
• Adrianus Bernardus van Beckhoven (71), Etten-Leur, Nederland

• 1925 » Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler († 2012)
• 1926 » Bill Hoest, American cartoonist († 1988)
• 1926 » Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut († 2009)
• 1927 » Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress
• 1927 » Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor († 1973)
• 1927 » Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach († 1975)
• 1928 » Lincoln D. Faurer, American general († 2014)
• 1929 » Jim Langley, English international footballer, full back and manager († 2007)
• 1932 » Alfred Worden, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 2020)
• 1932 » Gay Talese, American journalist and memoirist

• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 » Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)
• 1921 » John J. Gardner, American politician (b. 1845)
• 1937 » Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1938 » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
• September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on February 7, 1929 was between -6.6 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.